Tony Blair Institute urges government to back Jackdaw and Rosebank: comment

"Anyone who paid a gas bill during the last crisis when Russia invaded Ukraine knows that the North Sea didn’t stop costs shooting up.

"The problem is the debate becomes a distraction from the things that will permanently insulate us from this volatile global oil and gas system - like boosting electric technologies that increasingly run off British renewables. With around 90% of accessible North Sea reserves gone [2], it’s clear that unless we shift to net zero technologies like electric heat pumps to keep our homes warm, something the report backs, we’ll be left ever more dependent on foreign gas imports for gas boilers. Arguably installing heat pumps is a patriotic duty if you want to the UK to be less dependent on foreign gas imports."